It was only a couple of days ago that we saw that now-viral picture of Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, and Katrina Kaif posing together from the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya – with Katrina maintaining a dignified distance from the trio. And now, we learn that Ranbir, Alia, and Vicky have signed a movie together. With Sanjay Leela Bhansali as the director no less.
Ranbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt
While Love and War marks the second collaboration of Ranbir and Alia after Ayan Mukerji’s supernatural saga Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva (2022), interestingly, it was on the sets of Sanjay’s film Black (2005) that Ranbir and Alia met for the first time. Ranbir was an assistant director on the film, whereas Alia auditioned for the young version of the protagonist as a child actor.
Ranbir And Vicky Kaushal
Ranbir and Vicky have previously collaborated famously in Rajkumar Hirani’s blockbuster Sanju (2018). Vicky played Kamlesh, the best friend to the lead character of Sanjay Dutt, essayed by Ranbir. Not just professionally, there’s also a personal angle to this casting. Ranbir’s ex-girlfriend Katrina is married to Vicky. But if pictures from the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony are to go by, things aren’t really awkward between the two.
Alia Bhatt and Vicky
Not only Ranbir, but even his wife Alia Bhatt has co-starred with Vicky in a blockbuster, in the same year. They played husband and wife in Meghna Gulzar’s espionage film Raazi (2018), where Alia essayed an Indian spy and Vicky portrayed a Pakistani soldier. Alia is also set to share the screen space with Katrina in Farhan Akhtar’s road movie Jee Le Zaraa.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has managed a casting coup with Love and War by looping in real-life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, along with Vicky Kaushal.